[net-dns-users] 1.07 breaks local::lib installation

[Doug Barton]

FWIW I did the 1.06_06 upgrade in my local::lib install and didn't see any problems. Has something significant changed between that version and the 1.07 release?

Doug


February 8, 2017 12:34 PM, "Rob Foehl" <rwf at loonybin.net> wrote:

> Just tried installing 1.07 into a local::lib directory on a system with a pre-1.xx release shipped
> as a vendor package, and ran into this:
> 
> use constant NOINSTALL => scalar eval 'require Net::DNS; $Net::DNS::VERSION < 1.00';
> 
> sub install {
> return shift->SUPER::install(@_) unless NOINSTALL;
> 
> return <<'END';
> install :
> $(NOECHO) $(ECHO) "## Makefile supports test build only"
> $(NOECHO) $(ECHO) "## (see message from Makefile.PL)"
> $(NOECHO) $(FALSE)
> END
> }
> 
> [...]
> 
> warn <<"END";
> ##
> ## The install location for this version of Net::DNS may differ
> ## from the existing version $Net::DNS::VERSION in your perl library.
> ##
> ## Version $Net::DNS::VERSION will usually occur earlier in the library
> ## search path, rendering the upgrade installation ineffective.
> ##
> ## The conflict can be resolved by removing the old version
> ## @installed
> ##
> ## Makefile has been generated to support build and test only.
> ##
> END
> 
> No, the conflict cannot be resolved by removing the system version -- and it does not matter in the
> least. Sometimes, the system package just isn't relevant.
> 
> Can you folks please stop arbitrarily breaking Net::DNS in increasingly random fashion with each
> release?
> 
> Please?
> 
> -Rob
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